Hi Kees,
I think it is better in a couple of ways. The colours are much more vibrant and appealing with the lighting you have chosen, which I think is very important for this subject matter for this theme. The composition places the man in a more interesting position where his head points towards the rest of the image as it should. It would be good to have the body do the same. I think a closer crop would help a bit more, along with perhaps a change of elevation angle to avoid the distracting red cloth behind and the blue carpet(?) underneath. A picture that is just all leggo would have more impact for me. Interesting idea to try a slight slant. I would probably go level or slope more to see what it looks like, but not hard over on that one. Still a nice colourful creation with plenty to look at.
Cheers, John
Thanks for your comments.
The best way to learn is by listening to advice how pictures can be improved.
I still had a few hours to go, so I went back to do some more homework.
I turned arround the scenery to get the light from behind.
Got the worksmen to the right and introduced the happy tiger.
I decided to leave the image a little bit tilted to give more dynamics to the tigers entry.
Did I only make it worse ;-) ?
Cheers, Kees
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05-Jul-2004 14:30
G'day Kees,
I like your idea and thought of doing something similar, but perhaps more ordered like replicating Mattana's 'Red Door' using Leggo. I decided to comment against this one of your two shots to suggest that I would have preferred to see more direct lighting like in your other shot to bring out the colours more. For this one, I would proably also have put your man further to the right and angled towards the more open left with something of interest there as well. This is a theme that begs for bright Leggo colours, so thanks for capturing some. I hope the cleanup went ok, but with such a willing looking guy on the job, I can't imagine it would have been too much of a problem. ;o)
Cheers, John
